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The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US In the early 1970s, dozens of boys began to mysteriously vanish from the Houston area. Some were lured off the streets with candy or …

Packages of M&M’s milk chocolate candy are stacked at a Costco Wholesale store on July 12, 2025 in San Diego, California. Kevin Carter | Getty Images News | Getty Images Candy maker Mars said Wednesday it’s partnered with biotech company Pairwise to speed up the development of more resilient cocoa using CRISPR-based gene editing technology. The agreement gives the M&M’s …

For the past year, a small candy shop in Colombia has been receiving regular visits from someone who’s become their most loyal customer — this sweet dog named Laika. “She comes here almost daily,” the owner of Dulceria Las Caleñitas Cajica told The Dodo. “We feed her.” But bighearted Laika apparently couldn’t keep the candy shop’s kindness all to herself. A …

Here’s the good news: The Hershey Co. says it’s not raising prices for Halloween candy this year. But here’s the bad news: Hershey and other chocolate makers are continuing to hike prices, saying a volatile cocoa market gives them no choice. Hershey, the maker of Reese’s, Whoppers, barkThins and other chocolate candies, said Wednesday that it will be raising U.S. …

Hershey Lifts Candy Prices, Citing High Cocoa Costs  The Wall Street Journal Hershey Raising Candy Prices by Double Digits on High Cocoa Costs  Bloomberg.com Hershey says it is hiking chocolate prices  CNN Hershey to increase candy prices by double digits amid rising cocoa costs  CBS News Hershey to hike chocolate prices by double digits — and it’s not because of tariffs  New York Post Source …

Microsoft’s extensive gaming portfolio was hit hard by sweeping earlier this month. The situation appears to have been particularly galling for staff at Candy Crush developer King who are reportedly set to be replaced by AI tools they worked on. Multiple anonymous sources have told  that a number of narrative, UX, level design and user research staffers at King have …

Candy Crush developer King is reportedly replacing laid off staff with AI tools they helped to build. At the start of the month, Microsoft announced around 9000 employees would be laid off. This included roughly 200 staff from King. Now, in a report from MobileGamer.biz, sources stated they’ve spent the last few years building and training AI tools, which will …